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Final Exam Study Guide Flashcards

1
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Universalism

A

all will be saved

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2
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Wider Hope

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Not all will be saved, but many who seek after the truth

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3
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The Great Century of Protestant Missions

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1800s

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4
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He was sold as slave when he was a small boy

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St Patrick

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5
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Synagogue

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building where Jewish people meet for religious meetings and worship

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6
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Diaspora

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dispersion of a people groups

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7
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The “Father of Modern Missions”

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William Carey

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8
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His missionary recruits has no set salary

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Hudson Taylor

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9
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He suffered torture and imprisonment

A

Judson

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10
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He studied medicine but evangelism was his goal

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Taylor

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11
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His wife was “wholly deranged”

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Carey (Dorothy was his wife)

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12
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He imitated missionary outreach in Burma

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Judson

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13
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He worked as a missionary in India

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Carey

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14
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He was America’s first venture into overseas missions

A

Judson

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15
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He wrote a very unusual proposal letter

A

Judson

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16
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He wore Chinese clothing and even a pigtail

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Taylor

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17
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The traditional view and the path of wisdom

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-commands: obedience
-no commands: god gives freedom, responsibility, and wisdom
-choose moral and wise, then trust God

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18
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The three wills of God

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Sovereign: God’s plan determines everything that happens in the universe
Individual: Gods plan for each person
Moral: command in Bible that teaches how men should believe and live

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19
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The “Watch Maker” analogy

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The watch came from a maker, therefore a maker must be responsible for the universe and creation

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20
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Theodicy

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said to attempt to justify the behavior of God

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21
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cosmological argument

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first cause; prime mover

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22
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antropological argument

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inherent sense of right and wrong

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23
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the teleological argument

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  • the design argument
    -order and complexity are best explained by reference to a creator God
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24
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Missio Dei

A

Gods mission

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25
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Ethnocentrism

A

having or based on the idea that your own group is better than others

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26
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Syncretism

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mixing of Christian assumptions with the assumptions that are incompatible with Christianity

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27
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Three Self Formula

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self governing, self propagating, self supporting

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28
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Good Samaritan Formula

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proximity + urgency + capacity = responsibility

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29
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The question at the heart of culture

A

What is real?

30
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The three most influential world views in America

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atheism, pantheism, theism

31
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How would people live if they didn’t believe in heaven?

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self centered society; fear of death and efforts to prolonged life; focus on the here and now

32
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Incarnation

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to come in the flesh

33
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the kenotic nature of Jesus’ ministry

A

he emptied himself

34
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Is culture inherited

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No; it is learned and modified (dynamic not static)

35
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Culture shock

A

disorientation of discovering that all the cultural patterns we have learned are now meaningless

36
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reverse culture shock

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try to change the culture, readjust to the culture

37
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Going native

A

rejection of first culture; behave like the locals

38
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The number of ethnic groups in Nigeria

A

250+

39
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E scale

A

compare the cultural distances that Christians need to move in order to communicate the gospel

40
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P scale

A

compare cultural distances that potential believers need to move in order to join the nearest church

41
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cultural hermeneutics

A

the study of principles and methods for interpreting culture

42
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The World_____
The World_____
The World_____

A

behind the text
of the text
in front of the text

43
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Cultural texts

A

what we get when humans work the raw material of nature to produce something significant

44
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The best way to understand a culture

A

describe its greatest anxiety and its greatest hope

45
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Paternalism

A

habitually doing things for people that they can do for themselves

46
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Examples of paternalism

A

-Resource
-Spiritual
-Knowledge
-Labor
-Managerial

47
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The most important task related to the sending function of the church

A

keeping the vision of outreach and mission before the congregation

48
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The role of churches in missions

A

foundation head of missionary training; chief guardians of character formation, chief venue for ministry experience

49
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One of the most significant challenges that any church faces in global missions

A

how to manage the portfolio of its involvements

50
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The heart of the missionary enterprise

A

church planting

51
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Why the challenge to missionary wholeness is so challenging

A

the pressure are out of ordinary

52
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missionary burnout

A

burnout will always occur and never pass from the scene

53
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what lies behind every act of communication

A

presuasion or influence

54
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the most important ability in communication for the missionary

A

building trust

55
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High context culture

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high value of the context of communication and less on the actual words (Latin America, Asia)

56
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Low Context culture

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more attention to the words and less attention to the context of the words (USA, UK)

57
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Mono-chronic cultures

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time is a tangible commodity, thought to be a ribbon (USA)

58
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Poly-chronic cultures

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time is multilevel and simultaneous involvement, a point

59
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the most significant dimensions of culture that affect the way people behave

A

individualism and collectivism

60
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the consensus view of raising support

A

presenting your vision to individuals and churchs

61
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When STM projects peaked

A

2005

62
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The tent-making skill that has grown the most

A

teaching english

63
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Holistic missions

A

missions that take into account the whole of human needs; spiritual, social, personal

64
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Recent trends in contemporary missions

A

being sent out directly being churches instead of agencies

65
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advantages of multicultural teams

A

diversity of the body of Christ, intrinsic system of checks, improve relationships

66
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The primary reality that missionaries must face

A

rapid change

67
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why STMs are so popular

A

election of wonderlust

68
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The projected popularity of STMs

A

likely be around for a long time

69
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The percentage of evangelicals from the majority world

A

75%

70
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The role that missionaries played in previous generations

A

apologists

71
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The biggest challenge the church will face in the future

A

world religions

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